{"title":"Spiritual Masters","description":"\u003cp\u003eWisdom from the friends of Allah. This collection presents the lives and teachings of the great spiritual masters - the awliya and shaykhs of the path - whose guidance continues to illuminate hearts across the generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-proper-conduct-of-marriage-in-islam-adab-annikah","title":"The Proper Conduct of Marriage in Islam (Adab an Nikah)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is Book XII of Imam Ghazali's 'Ihya Ulum al-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences), translated by the eloquent Muhtar Holland. Topics of the section on marriage in the 'Ihya include benefits of marriage, challenges of marriage, selecting a spouse, rules of married life, relations between husband and wife, having children, preferred actions at childbirth, obligations of spouses to each other, and avoiding divorce.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Imam Ghazali's magnum opus is aptly entitled \"The Revival of the Religious Sciences [Ihya' 'Ulum ad-Din].\" In its four volumes, the author deals with every aspect of the outer and inner life of the Muslim. The subject of Marriage, discussed in the section covered by this translation, is surely of particular interest and importance to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Author's Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the merits and disadvantages of marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. The favorable view of marriage, supported by:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) Qur'anic Verses [ayat] : b) Prophetic Traditions [akhbar] : c) Later Traditions [athar] :\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Traditions unfavorable to marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. The benefits of marriage:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) The begetting of children. b) Immunity from Satan; relief from craving; protection against the perils of lust. c) Relaxation and recreation for the soul. d) Freedom from concern with running the household. e) Self-discipline and training through custodianship and guardianship.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. The disadvantages of marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) The difficulty of obtaining a lawful income. b) The difficulty of treating a wife properly. c) Worldly distractions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Two\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Concerning the marriage contract.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Basic elements and conditions:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) Concerning the consent of the marriage guardian [wali]. b) Concerning the agreement of the woman. c) Concerning the presence of witnesses. d) Concerning the offer and immediate acceptance [ijab wa-qabul].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Customary practices:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) The proposal of marriage [khitba]. b) The religious address [khutba] before the marriage. c) The bride should hear all about the bridegroom. It is likewise recommended that the groom should get to see the bride before the wedding. d) It is good to invite other virtuous people, as well as the witnesses. e) The bridegroom should marry with the intention of upholding the Prophetic example, of preserving modesty, of seeking offspring, and of obtaining the other benefits mentioned above. f) It is recommended that the marriage be contracted in the mosque and in the month of Shawwal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Concerning the qualifications of the bride.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Legal impediments to marriage:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) She is already married to another. b) She is in the period of withdrawal ['idda] following widowhood, repudiation, or intercourse of uncertain legality. c) She has become an apostate ['murtadda] from Islam. d) She is a Magian [Zoroastrian]. e) She is an idolatress or atheist [zindiqa], owing allegiance to no Prophet or Scripture. f) She is a woman of scriptural religion but embraced that religion after it had been falsified, or subsequent to the mission of Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace). g) She is a slave, while the prospective husband is a free man, either capable of supporting a free woman, or impoverished but immune to moral danger if he remains unmarried. h) She is wholly or partially owned as a slave by the prospective husband. i) She is closely related to the prospective husband, being an ascendant or descendant of his, a descendant of his ascendants in the first degree, or a descendant in the first degree of a more remote ascendant. j) She is forbidden through the relationship of suckling, which creates the same impediments as blood kinship with ascendants and descendants. k) She is related to him through marriage. l) She would be a fifth wife. m) Her sister or her aunt (paternal or maternal) is already married to the prospective husband. n) If the prospective husband has thrice repudiated her, she is unlawful to him as long as she has not consummated a valid marriage with a different husband. o) When the man has pronounced the oath of anathema [li'an] against his wife, she is thereby forever unlawful to him. p) Either party is in a state of consecration [ihram] for the Pilgrimage or Visitation [to Mecca]; the marriage cannot be contracted till deconsecration has been completed. q) She is a non-virgin minor; marriage with her is not valid until after she has attained puberty. r) She is an orphan; marriage with her is not valid until after she has attained puberty. s) She was one of the wives of Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace), and was left a widow by him, or he has cohabited with her; such women are 'Mothers of the Believers.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Qualities in the woman that are conducive to a happy married life:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) Religious devotion. b) Goodness of character. c) Beauty. d) Moderate dower. e) Fertility. f) Virginity. g) Good lineage. h) Absence of close kinship.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Qualities desirable in the husband.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Points to be considered by the marriage guardian [wali].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Three\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conjugal Life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Duties of the husband.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The husband must observe fair treatment and good conduct in twelve matters:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) the wedding feast; b) companionship; c) dalliance; d) the exercise of authority; e) jealousy; f) maintenance; g) education; h) distribution of time; i) chastisement for disobedience; j) sexual intercourse; k) producing children; l) separation through repudiation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Concerning birth control ['azl].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Proprieties connected with the birth of children:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) A man should not be too overjoyed at getting a boy, nor unduly sad at getting a girl. b) Giving the Call to Prayer in the baby's ear. c) A fine name should be given, as something to which the child has a right. d) The 'aqiqa [customary sacrifice of sheep]. e) Rubbing the child's palate.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In divorcing a wife, the husband must observe the following four points:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) He should divorce her during a period of inter-menstrual purity, in which he has not copulated with her. b) He should confine himself to a single repudiation pronouncement, and not use a three-in-one formula. c) He should be gentle in giving his reasons for repudiating her. d) He should not reveal secrets about his wife, no more after a repudiation than during the marriage itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Rights of the husband.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The wife owes her husband absolute obedience in whatever he may demand of her, where she herself is concerned, as long as no sin is involved. We find many traditions emphasizing the husband's right over his wife.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brief summary of the proprieties to be observed by a wife.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cover art by Rohana Filippi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuard yourselves and your families\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e- {Quran 66:6}\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673477792052,"sku":"AB008","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Proper-Conduct-of-Marriage-in-Islam-_Adab-an-Nikah_-Al-Baz-Publishing-40061155.jpg?v=1780409163"},{"product_id":"the-path-of-the-worshipful-servants","title":"Minhaj al-Abidin ila Jannati Rabbi'l-Alamin: The Path of the Worshipful Servants to the Garden of the Lord of All the Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe author tells us how he implored Allah “to make it possible for me to compose a book—one that would meet with unanimous approval, and the reading of which would result in positive benefit—and He inspired me with a marvelous arrangement, the like of which I did not recall in any of the previous compositions dealing with the secrets of religious practices.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"We therefore looked into the subject of worshipful service, and made a careful study of its path, from its beginnings to its destinations, which are the desired goals of its travelers. It is indeed a rugged path and a hard road, fraught with many obstacles, serious hardships, remote distances, enormous difficulties, frequent hindrances and impediments. It is beset with deadly perils and interruptions, abounding in enemies and highway robbers, and offering very few companions and followers. This is exactly how it needs to be, since it is the path of the Garden of Paradise...\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He also said, “Worshipful service is the fruit of knowledge, the benefit of life, the income of strong servants, the stock-in-trade of the saints [awliya'], the path of the truly devout, the allotted portion of the mighty, the goal of those endowed with aspiration, the emblem of the noble, the vocation of real men, and the choice of those with faculties of vision. 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In it, besides providing a personal history and describing the key events which led to this and flowed from it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImam al-Ghazali takes time to repudiate the methods and logic of the philosophers and the esotericists (batiniyya) and the principles of sophistry. 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The Dawr al-a’la (The Most Elevated Cycle), also known as the Hizb al-wiqaya (The Prayer of Protection), is a prayer of remarkable power and beauty. It consists of 33 verses, invoking protection through particular Divine Names and phrases from the Quran.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt is said that whoever reads the prayer with sincerity of heart and utter conviction, while making a specific plea, will have their wish granted. This precious book provides a definitive edition of the Arabic text based on a substantial number of the best manuscript copies, and a lucid translation. A transliteration is also provided for those unable to read Arabic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn addition, there is an illuminating analysis of the transmission, presentation, and use of the prayer across the centuries. 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It was written in Andalusia in 1194 (590 AH).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt consists of a series of 14 visions, in the form of dramatic conversations with the Divine, interspersed with dazzling visionary episodes. The style is similar to that of the Mawaqif of al-Niffari, the famous tenth-century Iraqi saint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThese contemplations are full of astounding insights into the nature of existence, our relationship with Reality, and the way to achieve true happiness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe English translation has been prepared by Pablo Beneito (who edited the original Arabic text) and Cecilia Twinch. It includes a full introduction, and notes based on the commentary of one of Ibn 'Arabi's disciples.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eYou are yourself the cloud veiling your own sun! So recognize the essential Reality of your being!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Anqa Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673500336436,"sku":"ANQ008","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Contemplation-of-the-Holy-Mysteries_-The-Mashahid-al-asrar-of-Ibn-_Arabi-Anqa-Publishing-40084023.jpg?v=1780381418"},{"product_id":"journey-through-the-quran","title":"Journey Through The Qur'an: The Content and Context of the Suras","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"Journey through the Qur'an\" is the last and perhaps the most important work of the Egyptian scholar Sheikh Muhammad al-Ghazali. Whereas previous commentaries have always concentrated on explaining individual words and verses of the Holy Book, Sheikh al-Ghazali examines and explores the general theme or themes of each Sura in turn, and shows how they are expounded in the text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDrawing upon his profound classical Islamic learning and an extensive knowledge of modern science, Sheikh al-Ghazali has broken new ground in Qur'anic studies, bringing to bear a fresh but wholly authentic approach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is a work which all serious students should have, to complement the classical tafsirs and studies. Indeed, \"Journey through the Qur'an\" will prove useful to all, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, who desire to increase their knowledge and understanding of Allah's final Revelation to mankind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAisha Abdurrahman Bewley, born 1948 in the United States. She holds a BA in French and MA in Near Eastern Languages from the University of California, Berkeley. She spent a year with a fellowship at the American University in Cairo and at the same time attended a seminar on Sufism and Islamic philosophy at Dar al-’Ulum. She is a student of Shaykh Abdalqadir al-Murabit, and also studied Ibn ‘Arabi with the late Sidi Fudul al-Hurawi in Fes, Morocco.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAisha Bewley converted to Islam in 1968. She is the author and translator of many published and unpublished works, some available on her website. She is married to Hajj Abdalhaqq Bewley with whom she often translates and mother of three children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dar Al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673614369076,"sku":"DT032","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Journey-Through-The-Qur_an_-The-Content-and-Context-of-the-Suras-Dar-Al-Taqwa-40105221.jpg?v=1780388624"},{"product_id":"tears-of-the-heart-rumi-selections","title":"From The Garden of The Mathnawi: Tears of the Heart:  Rumi Selections","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe honorable Mathnawi, composed more than seven hundred years ago by master Rumi in a vast state of love and ecstasy, has indeed come to occupy a unique place in the hearts of those searching for the Divine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eJust as the heart of a friend of Allah may not decay after death, so too those works of art that have emanated from such an incorrupt heart are immortal. After passing away, people with such refined hearts continue to live among us as they perform their services in the spiritual world. Their longevity transcends that of those who live only physically. Even if the transient physical bodies of their authors decompose in the grave and turn into dust, the works of their hearts, imbued with the fragrance of the eternal, will survive until the Day of Judgment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eApproaching the presence of the Lord through such spiritual fortune is only possible for those who have kept worldliness outside of their hearts; have not been enslaved by fame; and have totally submitted to the Divine will. The great master Rumi and his works, which are emanations from his heart, must be viewed in this manner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eIndeed, the Mathnawi is an ocean of bottomless depth with boundless meaning and uncountable secrets. Few books can be found that explain the Sufi doctrine in such detail. Through his use of stories, spiritual subjects difficult to comprehend by the mind are able to deeply penetrate the heart of the reader.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eCommentators have written of the Mathnawi:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e“The Qur’an begins with the command ‘Read!’ while the Mathnawi begins with the command ‘Listen!’ The latter is an explanation of the former. We are told: ‘Listen to the divine word! Listen to its secrets! Listen to the truth hidden within you!’” In other words, breezes emanating from the Mathnawi, originating in the truth and secrets of the glorious Qur’an, fan the fire of spiritual love in the hearts of students on the spiritual path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Mathnawi is a poetic embodiment of Rumi’s inner world reflected in couplets and is a book of rich blessing filled with great gifts of fortune. Although an esoteric account of the divine journey Rumi began under the supervision of Shams al-Tabrizi, it has nevertheless been written according to the needs and degree of understanding of ordinary people. It is a record of unceasing cries and tears borne of his inner suffering traceable to the loss of his teacher Shams and his subsequent inability to find anyone suitable with whom to share his spiritual struggles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe great master Rumi has described the Mathnawi as follows:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e“The Mathnawi is a path of light for those who want to attain the Truth, understand divine secrets, and become familiar with them.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThese expressions give us a taste for the depth of enthusiasm and joy emanating from his servanthood to Allah. As an extension of this, let us not fail to remember that Allah the Almighty has revealed His aim in the creation of man as follows:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e“I have only created Jinns and human beings so that they may serve me” (Zariyat, 56).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Mathnawi is a conversation between Rumi and his student Husameddin. It opens through his contact with Husameddin and by virtue of their association moves forward. If one were to depart, the current flowing between them would cease to circulate. When they would re-unite, their hearts would once again be swollen with currents of spiritual joy and the couplets would again flow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe great master Rumi quddisa sirruh said: “I composed this Mathnawi in such a way that it suits Husameddin.” This statement is actually a lament for not being able to express his secret as his heart desired due to the loss of the ocean of love named Shams. Had Rumi written the Mathnawi as a conversation with Shams, who knows what great secrets would have manifested in its couplets through the burning songs that would have erupted from it?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eFariduddin Attar, may Allah be pleased with him, resembles Rumi in his vision of life. He too was in distress for not being able to find someone who could understand him. His words below express their mutually common state:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eI was a bird. I flew from the world of secrets. My purpose was to take a prey up with me (i.e. find a friend who could understand my secret). Unfortunately, I could not find anyone familiar with secrets. I returned through the same door I had used to enter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe great master Rumi quddisa sirruh has told hundreds of stories that are intertwined with one another. His purpose has been to lead us into drawing lessons from them through our spontaneous application of reason and our construction of analogies. In other words, he has succeeded in making subjects well beyond the reach of our rational minds comprehensible in an experiential manner. Consequently, his purpose transcends the mere transmission of legends. He has explained this as follows:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e“The purpose is to draw lessons from stories, not to tell tales….”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eRumi conveys his admonitions, advice, and warnings in the form of stories. Therefore, his desire is for his audience to understand deeply the truth and spirit underlying them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eO brother and sister! The story resembles the husk while the meaning resembles the kernel of wheat inside it. The intelligent person consumes and digests the wheat, without being distracted by the husk!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eListen to the outer aspect of the story but make sure that you know how to separate the wheat from the chaff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eMy words are never pointless tales. Think about them; they reflect our current state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eOne may clearly understand from these statements that there are many deep lessons and messages to be gleaned from the stories Rumi has told. For this reason, one should always strive to understand the inner meanings without being distracted by the vehicles used to articulate them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eRumi quddisa sirruh has also explained that the purification of one’s heart is only possible through association with a perfectly qualified teacher who, being an heir to Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is capable of such a spiritual transmission. He stresses that without overcoming the obstacle of the ego, external knowledge cannot be realized as internal wisdom. Likewise, without attaining to this one can understand neither the purpose of our creation nor the honor of our existence, and finally without this one cannot discover his inner essence. Protection from the evils of the ego requires that one be able to know himself through the realization of his nothingness before the divine glory, and through discovering that the journey to Allah can be carried out only by virtue of an internal life based on divine love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe great master Rumi illustrates unpracticed external knowledge as follows: “To be sure, good words that are not put into practice are as but a beautifully decorated but unbecoming, temporarily owned dress.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ekram Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673649266996,"sku":"EP001","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/From-The-Garden-of-The-Mathnawi_-Tears-of-the-Heart_-Rumi-Selections-Ekram-Publications-40109926.jpg?v=1780386004"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-s-path-to-sufism","title":"Al-Ghazali's Path To Sufism: His Deliverance from Error","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe present volume contains a translation of Ghazali's autobiography, The \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eDeliverance from Error\u003c\/span\u003e, one of the most remarkable personal documents to have come down to us from Islamic civilization. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Imam describes his education and his intellectual crisis which left him so paralyzed by doubt that he was forced to resign the most distinguished academic appointment of his day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #d0121a;\"\u003ePreface By David Burell SSC\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction By William A. 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The book opens with a discourse on taqwa or God-fearing, leading up to the role of taqwa in attaining to a good ending to life, which means passing into the next life as a Muslim, thereby making certain of reaching paradise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs parts of taqwa are discussed such outward endeavors as unity among Muslims, the avoidance of division and discord, and the duty to enjoin good and forbid evil. Taqwa also comprises inward things such as contentment with God and His decrees, avoiding distraction and illusory hopes, fear of God, the remembrance of death, avoiding hoping for forgiveness without working for it, while using predestination as a justification.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe essential role of knowledge in Islam is discussed next, followed by four of the five pillars of Islam. The fifth, which in the usual order comes first, the testimony of La ilaha illa’llah, Muhammadun Rasulu’llah is left till the end, where it is explained as the Creed of Ahl al-Sunna wa’l-Jama‘a.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe four other pillars, the ritual prayer, zakat, fasting, and pilgrimage, are discussed not in regard with their outward legal aspect, but rather their dimension of ihsan, which is what one ought to do and what pitfalls to avoid in order to render the act of worship outwardly and inwardly sound and thus acceptable to God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAmong the most important things which make an act of worship acceptable is the degree to which one’s heart is present with God, and to this and to reciting the Qur’an a chapter is devoted. The eighth and ninth chapters are related, since enjoining good and forbidding evil constitute a major part of Jihad. The tenth relates to the rights and duties of people toward each other, such as the duties of political leaders towards their communities, those of judges, those of children toward their parents, parents toward their \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/33-children-youth\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003echildren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, spouses toward each other, relatives, and other such matters with which those who enjoin good and forbid evil should be well acquainted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThen come two chapters which in the Ihya’ constitute two of its largest sections and so to speak its heart, “Ruinous Things” which are those deeds, emotions, and characters which ruin one’s heart by darkening it, and “Saving Things” which, being their opposites, lead to the heart’s purification and enlightenment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eRuinous things include everything that is legally forbidden, as well as the crimes of the tongue and ailments of the heart such as arrogance, resentful envy, avarice, and so on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSaving things include repentance, the nine stations of certainty mentioned in the Book of Assistance, in addition to sincerity, reflection, and short hopes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673689932084,"sku":"FV002","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Counsels-of-Religion-Fons-Vitae-40114618.jpg?v=1780381466"},{"product_id":"gifts-for-the-seeker","title":"Gifts for the Seeker","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book answers many of the questions often asked by seekers of inward illumination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhat are the real implications of the doctrine of divine unity? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHow can proper concentration be achieved during spiritual exercises? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhen should one avoid participating in Sufi gatherings? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhat is the relationship between the tongue, the mind, and the heart? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHow is one to understand visions received in sleep?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe work also includes the author’s commentary on a poem on inner wayfaring which speaks of the most exalted stations of the path and goes on to explain a number of paradoxes of the Way, such as the reason as why the saints usually refuse to deploy their miraculous powers, preferring to concentrate on self-scrutiny and the compassionate guidance of others. These points are illustrated with references to the famous mystical poems of Ibn al-Farid and Abu Madyan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe author (died 1720) lived at Tarim, in the Hadramaut valley between Yemen and Oman, and is described as the ‘renewer’ of the twelfth Muslim century. His writings include a volume of mystical poetry and several books, some of which are especially popular in Swahili and Malay translations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673694126388,"sku":"FV003","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Gifts-for-the-Seeker-Fons-Vitae-40114827.jpg?v=1780549219"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-assistance","title":"The Book of Assistance","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThere are many books in English which present Sufi doctrine, but few which can be used as practical travel guides along the Path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOriginally written in Classical Arabic, the aptly-named Book of Assistance is today in widespread use among Sufi teachers in Arabia, Indonesia and East Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePresented here in the readable translation of Dr. Badawi, this manual of devotions, prayers and practical ethics will be invaluable to all who love the Prophet and the Sufi way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673701990708,"sku":"FV005","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Book-of-Assistance-Fons-Vitae-40115419.jpg?v=1780402704"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-the-marvels-of-the-heart","title":"Al-Ghazali: The Marvels of the Heart","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is a classic Sufi manual on the 'science of the heart.'  For Sufis, the 'heart' is more than a piece of flesh, it is the seat of the soul, and holds the key to the intimate relationship which exists between soul and body. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEach heart, according to this traditional wisdom accumulated over centuries of spiritual practice and experience, possesses four qualities: predatory, animal, demonic, and divine. The latter represents our true origin and potential, and by use of the intelligence and spiritual practices enabled by God's grace, we may restore equilibrium to our inner core. As the Koran says: 'By the remembrance of God do hearts find peace.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGhazali uses a series of traditional Sufi teaching stories to illustrate the theme of the heart as a mirror. The light of the divine sun can only shine in the heart when the seeker recalls the Prophet's teaching that 'everything has a polish, and the polish of hearts is the remembrance of God.' Bad character traits, acquired through faulty upbringing, are like 'a smoke which clouds the heart's mirror'; this is the 'heart's rust' mentioned in the Koran. But the one who has polished his heart is made luminous by God's light, and brings that light to others, which is the quality of sainthood. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntroduction By T.J. Winter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673714737460,"sku":"FV006","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_-The-Marvels-of-the-Heart-Fons-Vitae-40116928.jpg?v=1780390389"},{"product_id":"deliverance-from-error","title":"Deliverance from Error","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most remarkable documents to have come down from classical Islamic civilization, this autobiography of the most influential thinker of medieval Islam (1058-1111) describes his education and his intellectual crisis, which left him so paralyzed by doubt that he was forced to resign the most distinguished academic appointment. His faith returned after years of wandering and seeking, during which he achieved direct knowledge of God in the form of the illuminative experience of the Sufis. Among his most outstanding contributions to Muslim intellectual life were masterly defenses of Islamic orthodoxy, mysticism, and law, against the attacks of those who advocated purely legalistic, or entirely esoteric, readings of the religion. He hence articulated the Islam of the middle way, in balance between the extremes of the letter and the spirit. As such, his works have become a manifesto for modern Muslims struggling against extremist and hence heterodox readings of the faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume also contains extensive translations from other key works of Ghazali. One is the Definitive Criterion (Faysal al-Tafriqa), which shows the generous, inclusive nature of Islam and the difficulties involved in excluding any individual from it. This is followed by a tract against the Ismaili sect, and writings on conforming the character to the divine, and on the 'Wonders of the Heart', an important Sufi tract about the nature and function of the soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition contains five important works of Ghazali in addition to \"The Deliverance from Error,\" which makes the volume a significant contribution to the works of Al-Ghazali currently available. Included as appendices are Kitab Sharh Aja'ib al-Qalb (The Explanation of the Wonders of the Heart), Al-Qistas al-Mustaqim (The Correct Balance), Al-Maqsad al Asna fi Sharh Ma'ani Asma Allah al-Husna (The Noblest Aims in the Explanation of God's Fairest Names), Faysal al-Tafriqa bayn al-Islam wa l-Zandaqa (The Clear Criterion for Distinguishing between Islam and Godlessness), and Fada'ih al-Batiniyya wa Fada'il al-Mustazhiriyya (The Infamies of the Batinites and Virtues of the Mustazhieites).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFons Vitae has done a great service by republishing McCarthy's Freedom and Fulfillment. This is by far the most scholarly, thoughtful, and sympathetic translation of al-Ghazali's classic autobiography. It also includes several extremely pertinent selections from al-Ghazali's other works, making it the best one-volume selection of his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673725026612,"sku":"FV011","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Deliverance-from-Error-Fons-Vitae-40118799.jpg?v=1780548690"},{"product_id":"journey-to-the-lord-of-power-a-sufi-manual-on-retreat","title":"Journey to the Lord of Power: A Sufi Manual on Retreat","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eJourney to the Lord of Power is the first English translation of Ibn 'Arabi's twelfth-century text dealing with spiritual ascent. 'Arabi, whose metaphysical teachings have had a profound influence on both the Muslim and Christian worlds, is known as one of the greatest writers of mystical love poetry of all time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWritten in answer to the questions of a friend, this illuminating guide describes the evolutionary path of our higher spiritual aspirations, the quest for the ultimate reality, the journey toward God. It is chiefly concerned with spiritual retreat, an advanced and potentially dangerous Sufi practice that aims at the attainment of the Presence of God through absolute abandonment of the world. Realizing the imagination's deceptive power, 'Arabi warns that this form of retreat should not be undertaken except at the order of a sheikh or by one who has mastered the self. 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margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplaining the Meaning of ‘Name’, ‘Named’, and ‘Act of Naming’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e2.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplanation of Names Close in Meaning to One Another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e3.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the One Name which Has Different Meanings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e4.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Explaining that a Man’s Perfection and Happiness Consist in Being Moulded by the Moral Qualities of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e5.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Explaining the Meaning of God’s Ninety-nine Names.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e6.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Explanation of How these Many Names Resolve to the Essence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e7.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Explanation of How these Attributes Resolve to a Single Essence, according to the School of the Mu’tazilites and the Philosophers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e8.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplaining that the Names of God Are Not Limited to Ninety-nine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e9.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplaining the Benefits of Enumerating Ninety-nine Names Specifically.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e10.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAre the Names and Attributes Applied to God Based on Divine Instruction, or Permitted on the Basis of Reason?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAim of The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bebooksubtitle\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eIn the Name of God the Infinitely Good, the Merciful\u003c\/span\u003e Praise be to God, alone in His majesty and His might, and unique in His sublimity and His everlastingness, who clips the wings of intellects well short of the glow of His glory, and who makes the way of knowing Him pass through the inability to know Him; who makes the tongues of the eloquent fall short of praising the beauty of His presence unless they use the means by which He praises Himself, and use His names and attributes which He has enumerated. And may blessings be upon Muhammad, the best of His creatures, and on his companions and his family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNow, a brother in God—great and glorious—to answer whom is a religious duty, has asked me to elucidate the meanings of the most beautiful names of God. His questions were incessant, and made me take one step forward and another backward, hesitating between heeding his inquiry and so satisfying the duty of brotherliness, or declining his request by following the way of caution and deciding not to venture into danger, for human powers fall far short of attaining this goal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHow else could it be? For two things deter a discerning person from plunging into such a sea. First of all, the matter itself represents a lofty aspiration, difficult to attain and uncertain of accomplishment. For it is at the highest summit and represents the farthest of goals, such that minds are bewildered by it and the sight of intellects falls far short of its principles, not to mention its farthest reaches. How could human powers follow the way of investigation and scrutiny regarding the divine attributes? Can the eyes of bats tolerate the light of the sun?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe second deterrent: declaring the essence of the truth of this matter all but contradicts whatever the collectivity has hitherto believed. Now weaning creatures from their habits and familiar beliefs is difficult, and the threshold of truth is too exalted to be broached by all or to be sought after except by lone individuals. The nobler the thing sought after the less help there is. Whoever mixes with people is right to be cautious; but it is difficult for one who has seen the truth to pretend not to have seen it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFor one who does not know God—great and glorious— silence is inevitable, while for one who knows God most high, silence is imposed. So it is said: ‘for one who knows God, his tongue is dulled’. But the sincerity of the original request, together with its persistence, overcame these excuses. So I asked God—great and glorious—to facilitate what is right and be liberal in rewarding by His graciousness and His benevolence and His abundant generosity; for He is the liberal and generous One, indulgent to His servants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eThe Beginning of The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWe have seen fit to divide the discussion in this book into three parts. Part One will treat preliminary and introductory matters; Part Two, goals and objectives; Part Three supplementary and complementary matters. The chapters of the first part will consider the goals in an introductory and preparatory way, while the chapters of the third part are attached to them so as to complement and complete them. But the core of what we are seeking is contained in the middle part. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs for the first part, it includes (1) explaining the truth of what is to be said concerning the name, the named, and the act of naming, (2) exposing the errors into which most groups have fallen regarding this matter, and (3) clarifying whether it is permitted for those names of God which are close to one another in meaning—like \u003cem\u003eal-Azim\u003c\/em\u003e (the Immense), \u003cem\u003eal-Jalil\u003c\/em\u003e (the Majestic), and \u003cem\u003eal-Kabir\u003c\/em\u003e (the Great)—to be predicated according to a single meaning so that they would be synonymous, or must their meanings differ? Furthermore, (4) it explains about a single name which has two meanings: how does it share these two meanings? Is it predicated of both of them, as a general predicate of the things it names [as ‘animal’ is said of a lion and a lamb], or must it be predicated of one of them in particular? Finally, (5) it explains how man shares in the meaning of each of the names of God—great and glorious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe second part includes (1) the clarification of the meaning of the ninety-nine names of God and (2) the explanation how the people of the Sunna reduce them all to an essence with seven attributes, and (3) how the doctrine of the Mu’tazilites and the philosophers reduces them to a single essence without multiplicity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe third part explains (1) that the names of God most high exceed the ninety-nine by divine instruction, and explains (2) how it is permissible to describe God most high by whatever may qualify Him even if no permission or divine instruction be found—so long as it is not prohibited. Finally, it explains (3) the advantage of the enumeration and specification of the one hundred-minus-one names.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47673741902132,"sku":"ITS004-HB","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47673741934900,"sku":"ITS004-PB","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-the-Ninety-nine-Beautiful-Names-of-God-Islamic-Texts-Society-40121217.jpg?v=1780547291"},{"product_id":"the-sublime-treasures","title":"The Sublime Treasures","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the newest part of the Imam Al-Haddad Spiritual Masters Series- The Sublime Treasures is an important work in the field of Islamic spirituality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains Imam Al-Haddad's answers to letters he received posing questions on easily confusing and subtle Sufi matters, presented in Imam Haddad's inimitable style of succinct clarity. Included are questions pertaining exclusively to Sufism, such as those concerning the Pole of Time and the Circle of Saints, the Afrad- who are the solitary saints said by some to be outside the jurisdiction of the Pole and in direct contact with al-Khidr, the definition of the siddiq, that of the majdhub, the states of extinction and subsistence, various technical points concerning the relationship between the master and the novice, Sufi courtesy with God and His saints, the worlds of Mulk, Malakut, Jabarut, and Lahut, which are the degrees of universal existence, and how to deal with obscure passages in the works of such esoteric writers as Ibn Arabi. There are also questions of a more general tenor, such as those concerning the degrees of the Garden and its gates, the merits of recitation of the Qur'an over awrad, the respective merits and courtesies of poverty and wealth, and of fame and obscurity, the offering of the rewards of certain acts of worship to the spirits of the dead, sins committed in Ramadan when devils are shackled, and the causes of the civil wars that Ali ibn Abi-Talib was forced to wage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt will be noticed how the Imam curtly sweeps aside anything that has no direct bearing on the traveler's path. Questions devoid of practical value are pitilessly dismissed in a summary manner and the reader is firmly reoriented to what is of immediate benefit to him. Sufi masters have always been most reluctant to discourse openly about Divine secrets, knowing that such discourse causes much confusion and frequently leads novices into believing or pretending they have reached that which they have not. The Imam, however, allowed himself more freedom in letters addressed to his scholarly disciples- extracts of which constitute this volume- than in books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673801670964,"sku":"FV026","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Sublime-Treasures-Fons-Vitae-40127735.jpg?v=1780408582"},{"product_id":"the-complete-summons-and-general-reminder","title":"The Complete Summons and General Reminder","description":"\u003cp data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-style=\"font-size: 14px;\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-style=\"font-size: 14px;\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book is unique in that Imam al-Haddad is the first scholar to have divided mankind into eight main categories according to the kind of summons to God or dacwa they need, and then detailed the rights and duties of each category, which scholars ought to enjoin upon them for the good pleasure of their Lord. The author introduces his book by saying, “As for the introduction, we have explained in it the summons to God, His religion, and His path. As for the eight sections, each concerns a certain category of people, the first category being the scholars; the second the ascetics and devotees; the third the kings, the rulers, and other people in authority; the fourth the merchants, the craftsmen, and other such people; the fifth the poor, the weak, and the destitute; the sixth the dependents such as the women, children, and slaves; the seventh the generality of believers, both the obedient among them and the transgressors; the eighth those who have not responded to the summons of God and His Messenger and do not believe in God and the Last Day. Finally, in conclusion, we give brief counsels of advice to all eight categories, in addition to general counsels and exhortations that soften the heart, the completion of which closes the book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673817465140,"sku":"FV032","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Complete-Summons-and-General-Reminder-Fons-Vitae-40129678.jpg?v=1780403279"},{"product_id":"letters-of-a-sufi-master","title":"Letters of a Sufi Master: The Shaykh Ad-Darqawi","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis precious translation of selections from the letters of Shaikh ad-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_55 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"55\" id=\"55\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDarqawi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e, the founder of a major branch of the Shadhiliyyah Order in North Africa in the 13th\/19th century, belongs to a class of Sufi literature that has not as yet received enough attention outside of the Islamic world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Each letter is a precious gem of wisdom, an indispensable key to open certain doors which stand before every traveler upon the Path. Almost all the letters concern the method and the operative aspects of the Way based on the central techniques of the invocation or dhikr.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_64 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"64\" id=\"64\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003edomain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e they must be considered among the most direct instructions given on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_63 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"63\" id=\"63\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSufic method\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e to be found in all Sufi literature, where generally masters have preferred to refer to the actual spiritual techniques through allusion. Occasionally, however, fundamental facets of Sufi doctrine are also discussed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The sickness that is afflicting your heart is one of those things which strike men whom God loves, for 'of all men, the most sorely tried are the Prophets, after them the saints, then those who resemble them, closely or remotely.' So do not be downcast, since this happens most often to men full of sincerity and love, to cause them to go forward towards their Lord.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e By this suffering of their hearts are purified and transformed into pure substance. Lacking such encounters with reality, nobody would reach the knowledge of God, far from it, for 'if there were no arenas for souls, the runners would not be able to run their course' as it is said in Ibn 'Ata-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_62 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"62\" id=\"62\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIllah's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e Hikam, in which he also says: 'In the variety of signs and changing states I came to recognize Thine intention in regard to me, that of showing me all things, so that there might be nothing in which I would not know Thee.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the same sense, the initiates have said: 'It is in times of upheaval that men stand out from amongst men.' In the Koran it is said: Do the people then reckon that they will be left in peace because they say 'we believe,' and that they will not be tried? (XXIX,1).\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In making available these letters in English, Titus Burckhardt has rendered a service to those seeking spiritual instruction. He has also enriched Sufi literature in Western languages and made available one more document of extraordinary power and beauty belonging to the recent past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"During his early years in Morocco, Titus Burckhardt immersed himself in the Arabic language and assimilated the classics of Sufism in their original form. In later years, through his translations, he was to share these treasures with a wider public. One of his most important works of translation was of the spiritual letters of the renowned 18th-century Moroccan Shaikh Mulay al-'Arabi ad-Darqawi. These letters manifest a deep and lively insight into timeless metaphysical truths and, at the same time, are a precious document of practical spiritual counsel.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- William Stoddart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673821069620,"sku":"FV034","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Letters-of-a-Sufi-Master_-The-Shaykh-Ad-Darqawi-Fons-Vitae-40130266.jpg?v=1780388757"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-letter-to-a-disciple","title":"Al-Ghazali Letter to a Disciple","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e'Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.’ This is part of the advice that the great theologian and mystic Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 AD) put down in his \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Disciple.\u003c\/em\u003e An old disciple of al-Ghazali had studied the Islamic sciences, including the many works of his master, for most of his life. Faced with the proximity of death, he turns again to his master this time asking for a summary of all his teachings. \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Disciple\u003c\/em\u003e is al-Ghazali’s response. The emphasis in this short treatise is on religious and spiritual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_78 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" data-gr-id=\"78\" id=\"78\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eaction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e and on putting into practice the knowledge that one has acquired. \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Disciple\u003c\/em\u003e can be considered as the last testament of he who is regarded as \u003cem\u003eHujjat al-Islam\u003c\/em\u003e, the ‘Proof of Islam’. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis new translation is presented here as a bilingual, English-Arabic edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTranslation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIndex of Qur’anic verses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIN THE NAME OF GOD, the Infinitely Good, the Merciful.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise belongs to God, the Lord of the worlds, and the ‘outcome belongs to the God-conscious,’ and blessings and peace be upon His Prophet Muhammad and all his family. Know that one of the advanced students devoted himself to the service of the master, the Imam, the Ornament of Religion and Proof of Islam, Abu Hamid ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali(may God sanctify his spirit) and occupied himself with the acquisition and study of knowledge under him, until he mastered the details of the sciences and filled out the good qualities of the soul. Then one day he considered his situation, and it occurred to him, ‘I have studied various kinds of science, and I have spent my life learning and mastering them. I now ought to find out which kind will be of use to me on the morrow, to keep me company in my grave, and those which are not of use to me, so that I may give them up. As God’s Messenger (God bless him and give him peace) said, ‘O God, I take refuge in Thee from knowledge which is not useful!’ This thought persisted to the point that he wrote to the honourable master, the Proof of Islam, Muhammad al-Ghazali (may God the Exalted be merciful to him), seeking a ruling, asking questions, and requesting both advice and a prayer, ‘even though the works of the master such as \u003cem\u003eThe Revival \u003c\/em\u003e[ \u003cem\u003eof the Religious Sciences \u003c\/em\u003e(Ihya’ ulum al-din)] and others contain the answers to my questions, what I want is for the master to write down what I need in a few pages to be with me for the rest of my life, and I will act in accordance with what is in them during my term, if God the Exalted wills.’ So the master wrote him this message in reply, and God knows best. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ‘Know O beloved and precious disciple—may God prolong your days in obedience to Him and travel with you on the path of those He loves—that public advice should be quoted from the goldmine of messenger-hood [the Prophet]. If you have received advice from him, what need do you have \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_66 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"66\" id=\"66\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e my advice? And if you have not received it, then tell me what you have achieved in these years gone-by! \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e O disciple, included in what God’s Messenger (God bless him and give him peace) advised his community, is his statement, ‘An indication of the withdrawal of God the Exalted from the worshipper is his busying himself with what does not concern him, and if an hour of a man’s life slips by in other than that for which he was created in the way of worship, then it is proper that his affliction be protracted. Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire!’ This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673830768948,"sku":"ITS016","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-Letter-to-a-Disciple-Islamic-Texts-Society-40131723.jpg?v=1780375651"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-invocations-and-supplications","title":"Al-Ghazali on Invocations and Supplications","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA revised edition of Kojiro Nakamura’s acclaimed translation into English of Book IX of \u003cem\u003eThe Revival of the Religious Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eIhya’ ‘Ulum al-Din\u003c\/em\u003e). Although prayerfulness and the remembrance of God suffuse all the formal practices of Islam, there are times when the Muslim simply ‘sits alone with his Lord’ to repeat formulas drawn from the Qur’an and the sayings of the Prophet, seeking remission of his sins and the purification of his heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe present volume is probably the most widely read compendium of such material, popular not only for its comprehensiveness and beauty, but also for the analytical approach of its author, who explores the psychological and spiritual effects of prayer and the celebration of God’s name. The original translation by Kojiro Nakamura, now Head of the Islamic Studies Department at the University of Tokyo, has been substantially revised and augmented with \u003cem\u003ehadith\u003c\/em\u003e identification. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume won a \u003cstrong\u003eBritish Book Design and Production Award\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1991.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the General Merit and Profit of Invocation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn The Forms and Value of Supplication and Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrayers for Use in the Mornings and Evenings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrayers Transmitted from the Prophet and His Companions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrayers Transmitted for Every Emergent Occasion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix I: Persons Cited in the Text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix II: Some Important Invocations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIndex to Qur’anic Quotations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGeneral Index​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Excerpt From The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the General Merit and Profit of Invocation, with an Illustration from the Qur’an, the Traditions and the Narratives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Qur’an:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe general merit of invocation is testified to by the Word of God: \u003cem\u003eRemember Me, and I will remember you. \u003c\/em\u003eThabit al-Bunani said, ‘Verily I know when my Lord remembers me’. So the people became alarmed at him and asked, ‘How do you know that?’ He said, ‘When I remember God, He remembers me’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGod has said, \u003cem\u003eRemember God often, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhen you rush together from Arafat in a crowd, remember God at the Holy Monument \u003c\/em\u003e[al-mash’ar al-haram]; \u003cem\u003eand remember Him as He has guided you \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhen you have completed your holy rites, remember God, as you remember your fathers, or more devoutly \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003e... those who remember God, standing, sitting, or lying down on their sides \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhen you have performed the ritual prayer \u003c\/em\u003e[salat], \u003cem\u003eremember God, standing, sitting, or lying down on your sides \u003c\/em\u003e[on which] Ibn ‘Abbas (may God be pleased with him) commented, ‘That is: [remember God] whether at night or during the day whether travelling or remaining at home, whether in poverty or in riches, in sickness or in health, in private or in public’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDenouncing the hypocrites, God (Exalted is He!) has said, \u003cem\u003eThey remember God but seldom. \u003c\/em\u003eAnd He has said, \u003cem\u003eRemember your Lord, in your soul, with humility and fear, not with a loud voice, morning and evening. Be not among the heedless. Truly the remembrance of God is greater. \u003c\/em\u003eIbn ‘Abbas (may God show him His mercy) said, ‘This has two interpretations: one is that God’s remembrance of you is greater than your remembrance of Him, and the other is that the remembrance of God is greater than any other act of worship’, etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom The Traditions:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘An invoker of God among the heedless is like a green tree in the midst of dry stalk’. He said (may God bless him an grant him peace), ‘An invoker of God among the heedless is like a fighter [for the sake of God] among deserters’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘God says, “I am with My servant so long as he invokes Me and his lips move for invoking Me”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said, ‘No act of a human being is so efficacious for deliverance from God’s punishment as the invocation of God\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(Great and Glorious is He!)’. The people asked, ‘O Emissary of God. Nor is the \u003cem\u003ejihad\u003c\/em\u003e for the sake of God so efficacious [as the invocation of God]?’ He said, ‘No, no \u003cem\u003ejihad\u003c\/em\u003e for the sake of God is so efficacious, except that you hit with your sword until it is intercepted and then you hit with it again until it is intercepted, and then you hit with it until it is intercepted, [while remembering God]’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘Let him who wishes to graze in the pastures of the Garden invoke God constantly’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn being asked, ‘Which act is most meritorious?’ the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘[It is] that you die while your tongue is moistened with the invocation of God (Great and Glorious is He!)’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said, ‘Let your tongue be moistened with the invocation of God morning and evening, and then no fault will fall upon you’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘Truly the invocation of God (Great and Glorious is He!) morning and evening is more meritorious than breaking swords for the sake of God and giving wealth lavishly’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘God (Blessed and Exalted is He!) says, “When My servant remembers Me in his heart, I remember him in My heart. When he remembers Me in company [with others], I remember him in an even better company. When he draws near to Me a hand’s breadth, I draw near to him an arm’s length. When he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a fathom. When he draws near to Me walking, I draw near to him running—meaning by ‘running’ one’s quickness of response.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘ God (Great and Glorious is He!) spreads His shade upon seven people on the day when there is no shade but His. 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This chapter falls in the section dealing with the virtues or what is conducive to salvation. Ghazali here presents definitions for patience and its different forms; the need for patience; the degrees of patience; and why patience is considered to be half of faith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe second part of this chapter deals with thankfulness, and again Ghazali gives us definitions for thankfulness, its nature and its blessings. In addition to the translation, Dr Henry Littlejohn provides an extensive introduction which illustrates the importance of the topics of patience and thankfulness in Islam throughout the centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Selection from the Table of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Virtue of Patience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of Patience being Half of Faith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Divisions of Patience according to the Varying Degrees of Strength and Weakness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Virtue of Thankfulness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Reality and Divisions of Blessing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Cause which Diverts Humans from Thankfulness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Coalition of Patience and Thankfulness in One Thing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47673835159860,"sku":"ITS019-PB","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47673835192628,"sku":"ITS019-HB","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Patience-and-Thankfulness-Book-XXXII-of-the-Revival-of-the-Religious-Sciences-_Ihya_-_Ulum-al-Din_-Islamic-Texts-Society-40132678.jpg?v=1780390207"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-poverty-and-abstinence","title":"Al-Ghazali on Poverty and Abstinence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Poverty and Abstinence\u003c\/em\u003e is the thirty-fourth chapter of \u003cem\u003eThe Revival of the \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_41 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" data-gr-id=\"41\" id=\"41\"\u003eReligions\u003c\/g\u003e Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e. It falls in the section dealing with the virtues. Ghazali gives definitions of what real poverty and abstinence should be and how the poor should conduct themselves. He goes on to describe poverty that has no virtue and which is based on greed and love of the world. For Ghazali, the virtues of real poverty and abstinence are closely linked with patience, contentment, lack of worldliness, asceticism, trust and surrender to God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Selection from the Table of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reality of Poverty and its Different States\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Excellence of Absolute Poverty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoverty’s Excellence over Wealth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reality of Abstinence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Excellence of Abstinence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Degrees of Abstinence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Signs of Abstinence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Persons Cited in the Text\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex to Qur’anic Quotations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673835553076,"sku":"ITS020","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Poverty-and-Abstinence-Islamic-Texts-Society-40133887.jpg?v=1780547274"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-the-manners-relating-to-eating","title":"Al-Ghazali on the Manners Relating to Eating","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazali on the manners relating to eating is the eleventh chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences which is widely regarded as the greatest work of the Muslim spirituality. This volume begins the section dealing with man and society, and the norms of daily life. While concentrating on a daily activity, eating, al-Ghazali presents the importance of aligning every aspect of one’s life with religion and spirituality. Referring extensively to the example of the Prophet and to early Muslims, al-Ghazali illustrates how the simple activity of eating can encourage numerous virtues which are themselves necessary for the remainder of the spiritual life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The section of Al-Ghazali on the manner relating to eating are divided into what a person must uphold when eating alone, how a person must conduct himself when eating in company and the manner of hospitality. Through these sections, al-Ghazali also discusses lawful and unlawful foods and practices, cleanliness, fasting, general health issue, contentment with little and generosity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673836863796,"sku":"ITS021","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-the-Manners-Relating-to-Eating-Islamic-Texts-Society-40133967.jpg?v=1780390228"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-the-remembrance-of-death-and-the-afterlife","title":"Al-Ghazali on the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is the first English translation of the last chapter of \u003cem\u003eAl-Ghazali’s Revival of the Religious Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eIhya’ ‘Ulum al-Din\u003c\/em\u003e), widely regarded as the greatest work of Muslim spirituality. After expounding his Sufi philosophy of death and showing the importance of the contemplation of human mortality to the mystical way of self-purification, Ghazali takes his readers through the stages of the future life: the vision of the Angels of the Grave, the Resurrection, the Intercession of the Prophet, and finally, the torments of Hell, the delights of Paradise and - for the elect - the beatific vision of God’s Countenance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS';\"\u003ePart One:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the Remembrance of Death, and an Encouragement to Remember it Abundantly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Lengthy Hopes, and Merit of Briefs Hopes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Agonies and Violence of Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Death of the Emissary of God and the Rightly-guided Caliphs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the Sayings of the Caliphs, Princes and Righteous Men when Nearing Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the Sayings of the Gnostics at Funerals and Cemeteries, and the Legal Verdict Concerning the Visitation of Graves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the True Nature of Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the States of the Dead which Have Been Known through Unveiling in Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePart Two:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Trumpet-Blast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Land and People of the Concourse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Perspiration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Length of the Day of Arising\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Day of Arising, and its Calamities and Names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Inquisition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Scales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Adversaries, and the Restoration of Wrongs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Traverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Intercession\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Pool\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Inferno, and its Terrors and Torments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHeaven, and the Varieties of its Bliss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Number of the Gardens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Wall of Heaven, its Land, Trees and Rivers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Raiment of Heaven’s People and their Furnishings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Attributes of Heaven’s People\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Beatific Vision\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Chapter on God’s Mercy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix: Persons Cited in the Text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIndex to Qur’anic Quotations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Remembrance of Death, and an Encouragement to Remember it Abundantly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eKnow that the heart of the man who is engrossed in this world and is given over to its vanities and harbours love for its appetites must certainly be neglectful of the remembrance of death. Thus falling to recall it, when reminded of it he finds it odious and shies away. Such are the people of whom God has said: \u003cem\u003eSay: Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e’\u003c\/em\u003eNow, men may be either engrossed [in the world], penitent beginners, or arrived gnostics. The man engrossed does not remember death, or, if he does, it is with regret for his world, and he busies himself with disparaging death. The remembrance of death increases such a one in nothing but distance from God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe penitent man recalls death frequently, so that fear and apprehension might thereby proceed from his heart, making his repentance complete. It may be that he is in fear of death lest it carry him off before his repentance is complete and before his provisions for the journey are replenished; lie is excusable in his aversion to death, and is riot included in the saying of the Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace): ‘Whosoever would abhor meeting with God, God abhors meeting with him’. Such a man does not abhor death and meeting God, but only fears the meeting with God passing him by as a result of his deficiency and remissness. He is like the man who is made late for a meeting with his beloved by busying himself with preparations for the encounter in a way that will find approval: he is not deemed to be reluctant about the meeting! The distinguishing mark of the\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003epenitent man is his constant preparation for this matter and his lack of any other concern. Were he to be otherwise he would associate with the man engrossed in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs for the Gnostic, he remembers death constantly, because for him it is the tryst with his Beloved, and a lover never forgets the appointed time for meeting the one he loves. Usually such a man considers death slow in coming and is happy upon its advent that he might have done with the abode of sinners and be borne away into the presence of the Lord of the Worlds.’ Such was the case with Hudhayfa, of whom it is related that when death came he said, ‘A dear friend has come at a time of poverty. Whoever repents [at such a moment as this] shall not succeed. O Lord God! Should You know that poverty is dearer to me than wealth, and sickness more beloved to me than health, and death more dear to me than life, then make my death easy for me until I meet You.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThus it is that the penitent man may be excused the aversion he feels for death, while another is excusable in loving it and longing for it. And higher than either of them is the degree of he that has entrusted his affair to God (Exalted is He!) and no longer prefers death or life for himself, for the dearest of things to him is that which is more beloved in the sight of his Lord. By virtue of profound love and loyalty this man has arrived at the station of absolute surrender and contentment, which is the goal, and the utmost limit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBut whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. 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In an Epilogue, Shaykh Tosun restates Ibn ‘Arabi’s teachings on Sufi practice and the strict duties binding a disciple to his master. Tosun Bayrak is also the author of an interpretation of ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani’s The Secret of Secrets, a translation of Ibn al-Husayn al-Sulami’s Way of Sufi Chivalry and his own book, The Most Beautiful Names.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" Shaykh Tosun’s book offers an easy-to-understand interpretation of three mystical treatises by the celebrated twelfth-to-thirteenth century Sufi master Ibn ‘Arabi. 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This deeply personal reminiscence of one man's growth in Islamic mysticism is a tribute to the two great shaykhs who molded his spiritual life and vision. Filled with anecdotes illustrating the shaykhs' spiritual gifts and insights, the text not only conveys the beauty and inspiration of these men's lives and their utter devotion to \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_60 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"60\" data-gr-id=\"60\"\u003eGod,\u003c\/g\u003e but also helps readers to enter this same life of devotion and experience its inimitable blessings. Sufi interpretations of \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_50 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"50\" data-gr-id=\"50\"\u003eQur'anic\u003c\/g\u003e passages and traditional Sufi spiritual litanies are included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis text sparkles! 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A unique feature of this appendix is material on one of the great female saints of 20th century Egypt - her contributions and present-day veneration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIbn 'Ata' Allah al-Iskandari was both a Muhaddith and a Maliki jurist in the 13th century whose works became basic training manuals for aspirants across North Africa. A student of al-Mursi, he was the second to succeed Imam Abu al-Hasan, the founder of the Shadhili Order, which continues to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNancy Roberts has spent 10 years translating materials in the areas of ancient and modern Arabic literature, as well as Islamic law (including the upcoming Fons Vitae manual, Islamic Law According to the Four Schools, al-Fiqh 'ala al-Madhahib al-Arba 'ah), and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Photography is included from the sacred sites and shrines associated with the two saints under consideration as well as of the mosque and maqam of Ibn 'Ata' Allah himself. Also included are photographs of Hagga Zakiyya, her home and shrine, and the photos of her illustrious friends such as Abdul Halim Mahmoud, Shaykh Salih Al-Jaffari, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* * *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIbn Ata' Allah al-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_63 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"63\" data-gr-id=\"63\"\u003eIskandari\u003c\/g\u003e was born in the middle of the 7th century AH\/13th century CE and grew up in Alexandria during the Mamluk era. Although not much is known about his life, he had the best teachers in all branches of traditional sciences and became known as a great master of Islamic law of the Maliki School. His lifetime witnessed the great flourishing of several Sufi brotherhoods, including the Shadhiliyya, the Mawlawiyya, the Chishtiyya and the Ahmadiyya. 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I have never met any intellectual opposition to Ibn al-Arabi’s system. I have encountered inadequate philosophical assessments which attempt to reduce his dynamic over-view to a flat two-dimensional Aristotelian grid, and I have encountered vituperative and often irrational attacks which dominant flavor Ibn was antipathy rather than disagreement. Hostility is never a sound basis for either argument or illumination of a subject\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eLastly, it is our hope that by the publication of this work in English the Muslim community will cease repeating the slogans they took from the western propagandists that Ibn al-Arabi was a monist who denied the “otherness” of the object. His teaching is nowhere naive as it is nowhere pantheist. Individual statements of his out of context can appear quite staggering but they must be seen within their setting. Sometimes that setting is a series of deliberate contradictions. Sometimes it is made in a series of negations to drive the intellect to a point where definition collapses. The intention then is never anarchic but specific. It is the intention of the Greatest Master to awaken in the intellect of the seeker that state of bewilderment from which there IS no exit – for there is no dilemma to get out of, as there is no one to get out of it. But already we have abolished the object? No. the reader must make the journey and find out for himself or herself. - \u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Introduction by Shaykh Abdal Qadir as-Sufi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 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It serves as a very vivid and clear introduction to the great masterwork of sufic science, The Meaning of Man, whose author was Sidi Ali al-Jamal the Master of Shaykh ad-Darqawi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n","brand":"Diwan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674330415412,"sku":"DP008","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Darqawi-Way-Diwan-Press-40343889.jpg?v=1780403480"},{"product_id":"a-means-for-the-devout-to-the-ratib-al-haddad","title":"A Means for the Devout to the Ratib al-Haddad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"_1FTz3 cell\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\u003csection data-hook=\"description-wrapper\" class=\"_2RbVQ\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"_3nbVj\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"_3cRjW\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAn abridged commentary of the Ratib of Imam al-Haddad\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this short book, the main part of Habib Alawi's commentary is presented, as he describes it as the heart and essence of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt explains the nineteen litanies of the Ratib al-Haddad, illustrating the source of each invocation and the benefits with references to the Quran and the Hadiths of the Prophet (Peace \u0026amp; blessings be upon him).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt is hoped that this short but valuable translation of the commentary will act as a doorway to the larger translation of the commentary and provide readers with an immediate benefit to its blessings, for all those who are seeking Allah through the greatest of paths; the path of His remembrance.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/section\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eForeword,\u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Introduction,\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ratib al-Haddad,\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Virtues of \u003cspan\u003eSurah al-Fatiha\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Virtues of Verse of the Throne, (\u003cspan\u003eAyat al-Kursi\u003c\/span\u003e),\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Virtues of the conclusion of\u003cspan\u003e Sura al-Baqarah\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe First \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - \u003cspan\u003eTawhid\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Second \u003cspan\u003eDhikr -\u003c\/span\u003e Transcendent is Allah,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Third \u003cspan\u003eDhikr -\u003c\/span\u003e Transcendent is Allah by His Own Praise,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fourth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr -\u003c\/span\u003e Forgive us and Relent towards us,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fifth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - Blessings upon Our Master Muhammad, \u003cspan\u003esalla Allahu alayhi wa Sallam\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sixth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr -\u003c\/span\u003e I seek Refuge,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seventh \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - In the Name of Allah Almighty,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eighth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - Pleased with Allah \u0026amp; the Prophet, \u003cspan\u003eblessings be upon him\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ninth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e -\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Merits of Praise be to Allah,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Merits of 'Good and Evil are by the Will of Allah,'\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tenth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBelief in Allah and the Last Day,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eRepent to Allah Inwardly and Outwardly,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eleventh \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - Pardon us and erase whatever we may have committed,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Twelfth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - Make us die upon the Religion of Islam,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Thirteenth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - Keep us away from the evil of the unjust,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fourteenth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - Rectify the affairs of the Muslims,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fifteenth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - O' You who Are High and Immense ...\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sixteenth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - O' Reliever of Grief and Distress,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seventeenth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - Forgiveness from all the wrongdoing,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eighteenth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - There is no God but Allah,\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Nineteenth \u003cspan\u003eDhikr\u003c\/span\u003e - We ask You for Your pleasure and paradise.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cspan\u003eRatib \u003c\/span\u003eof Imam 'Abd'Allah bin 'Alawi al-Haddad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sakina Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674331103540,"sku":"SKP003","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/A-Means-for-the-Devout-to-the-Ratib-al-Haddad-Sakina-Publishing-40344479.jpg?v=1780374535"},{"product_id":"imam-al-ghazalis-mukhtasar-ihya-ulum-ad-din","title":"Imam al-Ghazali’s Mukhtasar Ihya Ulum ad-Din","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Preface :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBy the publication of this book entitled Mukhtasar, we aim to acquaint an English-speaking readership with the abridged version of Muhammad ibn Muhammad Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî’s magnum opus, the Ihya’ ‘ulûm ad-dîn, ‘The Revival of the Religious Sciences’, which has been regarded as one of the most important writings of the Islamic tradition for nine hundred years and is esteemed and appreciated among Muslims worldwide like no other work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAccording to the written records available to us today, the Master himself invested a great deal of energy in the preparation of this concise version to produce a volume that would enable him (cf. p. 23) to take his work along on his journeys.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhereas in the full-length version of his work, the author’s knowledge and wisdom unfolds over the course of forty books, we here have only forty chapters; in these everything concerning human life from the cradle to the grave is discussed with refreshing brevity and unambiguous lucidity. The book opens with a fundamental discussion of questions of knowledge and faith which makes up its first quarter; its second quarter is devoted to questions of everyday life, such as the proper conduct in marriage and the like; this is followed in the third section by an exceedingly subtle description of the intricacies of the inner workings of the human soul and the ‘miracle of the heart’, and the fourth part delineates the paths to salvation, and reaches its climactic conclusion in the last chapter ‘Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThroughout the book, topics are raised that are of interest not just to the religious-minded, but to mankind in general. The chapter on ‘Intention, Sincerity and Truthfulness’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e(an-niyyah wa l-ikhlas wa s-sidq) for instance, focuses on the fundamental questions which turn an action into a good deed that brings its agent honour and helps us become true human beings. It might well come as the greatest surprise to one who has been brought up and taught in the Western tradition, that about one-thousand years before the German philosopher Immanuel Kant by his concept of ‘good will’ identified the intention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eas the main criterion for the morality of an action, Sayyidina Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the Prophet of Islam, had already proclaimed to humanity this all-important principle for every action and (intentional) non-action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWith this book, Imam Ghazâlî consolidated the legacy left by the Holy Prophet into a form that makes it indispensable reading for every Muslim, as well as for those inspired by the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003efundamental questions of our existence; the text also incites and encourages the yearning for those means whereby we might attain happiness in this life and the hereafter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWe are pleased to make this famous scholar’s dogmatically precise and intellectually profound masterpiece, which in a unique way taps into the sources while simultaneously conserving them, accessible in such a convenient form, a shining star in the firmament of mankind’s literary heritage.---Salim E. Spohr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Publisher’s Preface,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Acknowledgements,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Translator’s Preface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mukhtasar :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---First Quarter - On Worship (al-‘Ibâdât),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter's 1-10,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[1] On Knowledge and Imparting Knowledge,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[2] On Doctrine (i'tiqad)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[3] On the Secrets of Purity,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[4] On the Mysteries and Functions of Prayer,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[5] On the Mysteries of the Alms Tax, (Zakah),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[6] On the Secrets of Fasting,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[7] On the Mysteries of Pilgrimage, and related matters,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[8] On the Recitation of the Qur'an,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[9] On Remembrances (dhikr) and Supplications,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[10] The litanies or Remembrance (awrad).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Endnotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Second Quarter - On The Practices (al-‘Adât),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter's 11-20,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[1] On Manners related to Eating and Drinking,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[2] On the Etiquette of Marriage,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[3] On the Manners related to Earning and Livelihood,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[4] On the Lawful and the Unlawful, (halal and haram),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[5] On the Ethics of Companionship,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[6] On Seclusion,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[7] On Travel,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[8] On listening to music or song and ecstasy,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[9] On enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[10] On the etiquette of living and the ethics of Prophethood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Endnotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Third Quarter - On The Mortal Vices (al-Muhlikât)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter's 21-30,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[1] On the Miracles of the Heart,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[2] On Disciplining the Soul (the nafs),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[3] On Breaking the Two Desires,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[4] On the evils of the Tongue,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[5] On the evils of Anger, Malice and Envy,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[6] On the deprecation of the World,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[7] Exposition on the criticism of the love of wealth \u0026amp; the criticism of miserliness,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[8] On the deprecation of fame and hypocrasy (showmanship),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[9] On criticism of Arrogance and Pride,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[10] On the depracation of Vainglory, (ostentation).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Endnotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Fourth Quarter - On The Saving Virtues (al-Munjiyât)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter's 31-40.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[1] On Repentance,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[2] On Steadfastness and Thanksgiving,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[3] On Hope and Fear,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[4] On Poverty and Asceticism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[5] On the Unity of God and Reliance on Him,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[6] On Love, Yearning and Contentment,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[7] On Resolve, Sincerity and Truthfulness,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[8] On Vigilance and Self-Examination,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[9] On Meditation,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---[10] On the Remembrance of Death \u0026amp; what is after It.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Endnotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---Bibliography,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e---About Imâm al-Ghazâlî.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Spohr Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674333233460,"sku":"SHP001","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Imam-al-Ghazali_s-Mukhtasar-Ihya-Ulum-ad-Din-Spohr-Publishers-40344971.jpg?v=1780386290"},{"product_id":"the-refinement-of-souls-taj-al-arus-al-hawi-li-tahdhib-al-nufus","title":"The Refinement of Souls: A Translation of Taj al-Arus al-Hawi li Tahdhib al-Nufus","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Refinement of Souls is a translation of Imam ibn Ata Allah Sakandari's, may Allah be pleased with him, Taj al-Arus al-Hawi li Tahdhib al-Nufus. It is a concise manual consisting of spiritual instructions, aphorisms and private discourses with the Divine from a Sufi Master of the Shadhili Order.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe author has included numerous references to the Qur'an and Sunnah, as well as illuminating stories and similitudes, in the course of explaining religious themes such as repentance, the effects of sin, the nature of the struggle against the lower self, envy, reliance on divine planning and many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe work concentrates on the practical steps and the essential states of being for a novice to \u003c\/span\u003erealise\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e, and as such, serves as a beneficial guide for both Sufis and non-Sufis, both beginners and more advanced students. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Introduction,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Author's Biography,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---His name and lineage and life,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---His school of thought,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---His shaykhs,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---His most prominent students and disciples,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---His acclaimed works,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---His miracles,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---What scholars have said about him,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Transliteration Key.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Refinement of Souls:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Introductory remarks,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Repentance to Allah,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Types of emulation,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Where will you find goodness?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Repentance gains Allah's love,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Outer and inner effects of acts of disobedience,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The struggle against the lower self,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Warning against disobedience [to Allah],\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Envy is sheer ignorance,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Whoever \u003c\/span\u003e realises \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e the immediacy of his departure hastens to acquire provisions,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The reality of faith,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Who is a real man?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The blessing of the gaze from a Friend of Allah (wali),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Gaining \u003c\/span\u003e favour \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e with Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The Prophets' \u003c\/span\u003e alayhim  as-Salaam, \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e and Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala's \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e, Friends are the greatest means to Him,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The triviality of this world (\u003c\/span\u003e dunya \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Holding one's self to account,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The sweetness of faith,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---A \u003c\/span\u003e persons \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e close companions,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Is there any buyer for our merchandise?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Wisdom is the chain of the believer,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---How to cleanse your heart,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The greatest blessing,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Part of faith is to witness everything as coming from Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Limited intellects,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---A guide to Allah is rare,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The heavens and the earth show courtesy to a Friend of Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e, (wali),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The miracles of the Prophets' \u003c\/span\u003e salla \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e Allahu \u003c\/span\u003e ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e '\u003c\/span\u003e alayhi  wa \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e Sallam, Companions, \u003c\/span\u003e radi \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e Allahu \u003c\/span\u003e ta'ala  anhu \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The beneficial prayer,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The reasons for entry into Paradise and the Hellfire,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The deficiency is in you and so is the veil,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Renewal of faith,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Whoever is honest with Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e------He will guard him against harm from his enemies,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e, is King, you are the shepherd and your limbs are your sheep,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The manner of keeping company,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The reality of God-consciousness (taqwa), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The necessity of isolating and secluding yourself,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The person praying, is privately conversing with Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e, and His Messenger, \u003c\/span\u003e salla \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e Allahu \u003c\/span\u003e ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e '\u003c\/span\u003e alayhi  wa \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e Sallam,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The outer and inner major ritual impurity (\u003c\/span\u003e janabah \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Insight and wandering about aimlessly,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---O' slave, flee from this creation to the Creator,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The intelligent person,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Beware of attachment to other than Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The pure heart,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The people of Allan were through Allah, so Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e, was sufficient for them,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Beneficial knowledge,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The door to provision is open,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---Relinquishment of planning alongside Allah, \u003c\/span\u003e subhanahu  wa  ta'ala \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---An exposition for those who benefit from admonishment and seek insight,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The gnostic has neither this world nor the Hereafter,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---This world is in their hands, not in their hearts,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The hidden voices of realities (\u003c\/span\u003ehawatif\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e---The author's private discourses (\u003c\/span\u003emunajat\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e) with his Lord.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"Heritage Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47674347356468,"sku":"HP003","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Refinement-of-Souls_-A-Translation-of-Taj-al-Arus-al-Hawi-li-Tahdhib-al-Nufus-Heritage-Press-40358383.jpg?v=1780409690"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/collections\/spiritual-masters.oembed?page=8","provider":"Mecca Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}